Toilet seat and cover therefor



Oct. 28, 1941. D. G. RICHARD] 2,260,404

TOILET SEAT AND COVER THEREFOR FiledNov. 1, 1959 INVENTOR DAN/EL 6. Q/CHQQD/ Q QM ATTORN EY Patented Oct. 28, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,260,404 I I I TOILET SEAT AND COVER THEREFOR Daniel G. Richardi, Jersey City, N. J. I Application November 1, 1939, Serial No. 302,330 f (01. 4-243) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to toilet seats and covers therefor.

Toilet seat covers used heretofore have been faulty for the following reasons:

1. They were too intricate and involved too much manipulation for attachment to the toilet seat or removal from the toilet seat by the user.

2. There were usually insuflicient or no attachments to maintain the toilet seat cover in proper relation to the toilet seat, so as to prevent shifting of the toilet seat cover while in use.

3. The material used for the toilet seat cover was too weak to resist proper use, and when made ofvery soft or weak paper, would tear when a person sat on it.

4. The method of elimination or disposal of the toilet seat cover by placing into the bowl and flushing, tended to stop up the bowl.

It is therefore an object of my invention to obviate the above-noted faults, and to provide a toilet seat and cover therefor, in which the cover may be easily attached to or removed fromthe toilet seat, and in which the toilet seat cover will have a proper relation to the toilet seat and will not shift during use.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a toilet seat cover which is of more than sufficient durability for proper, complete and satisfactory use for the function intended and also to provide a toilet seat cover which must be disposed in a waste can receptacle so that it cannot be placed in the bowl.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a strong, rugged and durable toilet seat and cover therefor, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, simple and comfortable to use, sanitary, and yet practical and efficient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations. of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention, 7

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a toilet seat and cover therefor, embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the toilet seat cover; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but illustrating a modified construction.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I0

designates a toilet seat, and I I designates a toilet seat cover cooperating therewith, and embodying the invention. The toilet seat Ill may be of usual construction, with the exception that it is provided with a plurality of upwardly extending projections 12 formed with hooks 13 provided with grooves M, for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

The toilet seat l0 may have four projections l2, with two on each side of the longitudinal center, one at the forward part and one at the rear. The grooves M are preferably substantially at the level of the top of the toilet seat, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing.

The toilet seat cover II is preferably made of thin gauge, semi-stiff cardboard, but may also be made of heavy paper, pressed paper, waxed paper, papier mach, fabrics, rubber or rubberized products, or synthetic compositions. The material of which the toilet seatcover is made is preferably absorbent, so that it may be impregnated with medicaments against infections commonly associated with such contacts, and also against insects.

The toilet seat cover II is preferably substantially flat, and has generally the shape of a toilet seat, being formed with a central oval opening I6, and having a curved outer edge I1 and a straight rear edge l8. At opposite sides thereof, the toilet seat cover II is formed with a pair of outwardly extending tabs 20, which may be used to handle the toilet seat cover, to facilitate removal from a container and placing the toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, and for removal from the toilet seat. These integral extensions or tabs may be replaced by tabs pasted to the body of the toilet seat cover.

The inner edge Ilia of the toilet seat cover may be formed with a plurality of equiangularly spaced radial slits 24, extending only part way towards the outer circumference, and allowing the inner portion of the toilet seat cover to more readily adapt itself to the shape of the inner curvature of the toilet seat Ill.

The outer edge I! of the toilet seat cover is received in the grooves l4 engaging the hooks I3 to prevent shifting of the toilet seat cover on the seat. The hooks 13 thus maintain the outer circumference or periphery of the cover and minimizeand eliminate shifting while the cover is being used.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing, the projections l2 and hooks l3 are replaced by small hooked brackets 30, attached to the toilet seat Ill by screws 3|. The brackets 30 have hook portions 32 which engage the outer edge of the toilet seat cover I l.

It will thusbe seen that there is provided a Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent;

In combination, a toilet seat having a plurality of spaced surface grooves terminating in structurally integral upwardly extending hook members overhanging the edge of the upper surface of the seat, and a toilet seat cover on the toilet seat, said toilet seat cover having a'central opening and being formed with a plurality of equiangularly spaced, radial slits extending part of the way outwardly toward the outer circumference of the toilet seat cover, and the outer edge of the toilet seat cover being engaged by the hook members, said toilet seat cover being provided with a pair of oppositely extending integral tabs serving as handles, said toilet seat cover being made of cardboard sheet material.

DANIEL G. RICHARDI. 

